The Latest Breaking News from Simon Patterson

Erin Patterson details religious conversion and ‘never-ending battle’ with low self-esteem in emotional testimony to murder trial

Triple murder accused gives evidence as first defence witness in high profile mushroom case after three died following a beef wellington lunch

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2025

Erin Patterson given voice as police interview fills in some blanks in mushroom lunch trial’s fifth week

As much as any moment, the video shown to the Victorian supreme court helped give the murder accused shape after weeks of silence

The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2025

Lead detective denies police errors in mushroom lunch investigation as Erin Patterson trial continues

Defence argues photos taken by police inside Patterson’s home appear to show computers and a phone that were not seized during search

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2025

A life saved and what Erin Patterson allegedly confided to friends: week four of the mushroom lunch trial

Sole surviving lunch guest watches on as Victorian supreme court hears how hospital staff ‘thought he was going to die’ from death cap mushroom poisoning

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2025

'Going to die': how mushroom lunch almost killed four

Doctors thought Ian Wilkinson was going to die in hospital after consuming a lunch served by mushroom cook Erin Patterson, a jury has been told.

AAP · May 22, 2025

Woman in Australia’s mushroom triple murder trial told social worker ex-husband was ‘controlling’

Erin Patterson told child protection worker her separated husband had become ‘nasty towards her’

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

Juror discharged from mushroom lunch trial as child protection worker reveals what Erin Patterson told her

Victorian supreme court judge says he received information the juror had been discussing Patterson’s case with family and friends

The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2025

Judge dismisses juror in fatal mushroom cook trial

One of 15 jurors empanelled in Erin Patterson's trial has been discharged over fears they may have discussed her triple murder case with family and friends.

AAP · May 15, 2025

Erin Patterson showed no sign of liver damage experienced by other mushroom lunch attenders, trial hears

Victorian jury also sees images appearing to show accused disposing of food dehydrator at tip, and hears from expert who examined lunch leftovers

The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2025

Five people had lunch in a small Australian town. Three are dead – and one is accused of their murder

Jury hears from sole surviving guest as well as medical staff and Erin Patterson’s children in second week of mushroom trial

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2025